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RUSSEL B. srGAFoos/.on MnNDorA, ILLINOIS. Y.

PLOW.

SPECIFICA'IION forming part -of Letters Patent No. 294,281, dater). February 26, 1884.

I Application filed September 31, 1883. (No model.)

To @ZZ whom it may concern.-

,Be it known that I, RUSSEL B. Srearoos, of Mendota, in the county of La Salle, and in the 'State of Illinois, 'have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Flows; and I do hereby declarethat the following is afull, clear, and exact description thereof.

My invention relates to improvements in plows, and will be fully described hereinafter.

\ In the-drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective view of a plowfitted with my improvement. Fig. 2 is a side elevation of my bearing device. Fig. 3 is a rear elevation, Fig. 4 a front elevation, and Fig. 5 a horizontal sectional view, of the same on line a; x of Fig. 2.

The object of my invention is to provide a wheel attachment for plows that may be readily adjusted to suit the depth of cut desired or the inclination of the ground to be plowed.

A is the landside of an ordinary plow; B,

the beam, and vC `the mold-board5and a is the brace that connects the rear of lthe mold-board with the landside.

' D is the body of my attachment, the front edge of which is slightly thickened, to receive lthe shoulder of an arm, E', of a wheel, F. This shoulder is serrated on its face adjacent to the body D, and is slotted at-f, to receive a bolt, g, by which it is clamped to the body D. The opposite edge of body D is offset, as shown at d', Fig. 5, and is serrated, to receive the shoulder @,that connects the upper ends of the wheel-standards E and E2. This shoulder e is also serrated, and is slotted at f to receive the bolt g', and at f2 to receive the bolt g. The attachment body D is held in place over the brace a by the clamp-bolt'b, and between 'said body D and the brace a are set the two plates c and c, through the-center of which the bolt b passes up to receive on its threaded yend the fastening-nut b. Between said nut and the body D is tted the washer d, which is serrated on its lowerhface, to impinge in the similarly serrated upper .face of said body D. The plates c and c are cut wedgelike on their opposing faces, whereby thebody D may be adjusted to any desirable angleto the bottom line of the `landside of the plow. The upper plate, c, has a deep annular flange,

its upper face, to evenly bear on the central opening of the body D, while the lower plate, c', has its lower face serrated, to impinge against the upper face of the brace a. By means of the slots f/and f2, the connected standards E and- E2 may be vertically adj Listed on the attachment body D, while the arm E may be given the same ladjustment by means of the slotsf.

F, F', and F2 are the bearing-wheels, suitably mounted on the ends of their respective standards E, E', and FP.

The operation of my device is as follows: The arms E F.2 are secured to or form part of the same ,shoulder e, which, as before stated, is boundA to the bodyD by bolts g and g', which latter also bind the shoulder of arm E' to the body; and for more securely fastening them in adjustment I prefer to serrate the bearingsurfaces of thel shoulders as well as those of the body. v The depth of cutis regu` ports to any kind of land without the aid-of any other tool than a wrench, and my device may be applied to any plow without changing or boring the brace.

When the balancing of the plow does not depend on the front wheel, this wheel may be taken offand only the rear wheels used, and vice versa.

The opening through the lower cam-plate, C', is countersnnk, as shown indotted lines, to accommodate the bend which forms the hook on the lower end of the bolt b, and to permit the bolt to draw straight up from the center of the brace a.

What I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. The combination, in a plow attachment, of abody carrying wheel-arms,circular wedgethe plow-brace, anda hooked rod forsecuring In testimony that I claim the foregoing T the body to the brace with a tightening-nut have hereunto set my hand on this 18th day of and washer, substantially as described. August, 1883, in the presence of two Witnesses. 2. The eombination,\\'ith body D and means 5 for securing it to the plow-brace, of adjustable| RUSSEL B. SIGAFOOS.

Wheel-arms having slotted shoulders and bolts for securing them in adjustment, as set forth. Vitnesses:

3. The combination, with brace a of a plow, LoUIs ECKERT, of plates c c', bolt b', body D, Washer (l, and l S. S. STOUT. 1o adjustable wheel-arms, as described. l j 

